Dominican Republic at the Olympics

Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Dominican Republic
IOC code	DOM
NOC	Comité Olímpico Dominicano
Website	www.colimdo.org (Spanish)

Olympic history

Summer Games

The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota ("El Gringo" )^[1] participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9sec, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round.^[2]

The Dominican Republic has appeared in every one of the games since then. The Dominican Republic has never participated at the Winter Olympic Games.

The Dominican Republic has won six medals at the Olympics. Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in 2004 Félix Sánchez won a gold in the 400 meter hurdles. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Felix Diaz won a gold medal in Boxing and Gabriel Mercedes won silver in Taekwondo. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sanchez once again won a gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles. On the same night, Luguelín Santos won silver in the 400 metres to become the youngest ever Olympic medallist in the event.

They are represented by Dominican Republic Olympic Committee.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Total		3	2	1	6	73
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1964 Tokyo	1	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	20	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	5	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	10	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	6	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	19	0	0	1	1	43
1988 Seoul	16	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	32	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	16	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	13	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	33	1	0	0	1	54
2008 Beijing	25	1	1	0	2	46
2012 London	35	1	1	0	2	46

Medals by sport

Total	3	2	1	6
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	2	1	0	3
Boxing	1	0	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
03 ! Bronze	Pedro Nolasco	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Bantamweight
01 ! Gold	Félix Sánchez	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 400 metre hurdles
01 ! Gold	Manuel Felix Diaz	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Light welterweight
02 ! Silver	Yulis Gabriel Mercedes	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
01 ! Gold	Félix Sánchez	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles
02 ! Silver	Luguelín Santos	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 400 m

References

↑ TOKYO 1964 Organizing Committee (November 1, 1964). "Official Olympic Report, 1964 Tokyo Volume 1 Part 1" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
↑ Diario Libre. "El Gringo Torres, en la historia de la RD" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-01-25.

National sports teams of the Dominican Republic

Baseball M W Basketball M W Beach handball M W Cricket M W Field hockey M W Handball M W Football M M-U20 M-U17 W W-U20 W-U17 Futsal M W Rugby union M W Softball M W Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Volleyball M W Water polo M W Olympics Summer Winter Paralympics Summer Pan Am Games

Nations that have competed at the Olympic Games

Participated at the Summer Olympic Games • Participated at the Winter Olympic Games • Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Summer Winter Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor‑Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Summer Winter Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Winter Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Other	Independent Olympians

Historical	Australasia Bohemia British West Indies Republic of China Czechoslovakia East Germany Mixed teams Netherlands Antilles North Borneo North Yemen Russian Empire Saar Serbia and Montenegro South Yemen Soviet Union Unified Team Unified Team of Germany West Germany Yugoslavia

¹ Israel has been a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) since 1994.

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